Surveillance

  "Cough." Chen Hanglong cleared his throat, slowly and suddenly stood up, his arms slightly trembling, obviously very annoyed. "Making a joke in front of the audit office, no matter who it is, trying to shirk responsibility is smearing the bank, this matter will also be investigated within the industry. Lin Qiang, you go back first, we'll notify you later to cooperate with the investigation."

  "Uh-huh." Lin Qiang's emotions had gradually calmed down, "Chen Xingchang, sorry, I lost control of my emotions just now. This matter is really ridiculous, even I myself am confused."

  Chen Xingzhang turned to look at Lin Qiang, his eyes somewhat intimidating: "Don't say any more, the truth will come out eventually. Just do your normal work and don't be affected."

  "Definitely." Lin Qiang did not continue staring at him and turned around to leave.

  "Right, don't affect work." Rosa also stood up and smiled, "Little Lin, won't you stay for lunch?"

  "Alright, I also miss the canteen of our branch." Lin Qiang didn't feel embarrassed at all, turned back and smiled, "However, I don't have a meal card here, will Director Luo treat me to a meal?"

  "That's fine." Rosa patted Lin Qiang, "See you at noon, don't you have other things to attend to?"

  "Okay, see you at noon."

  Lin Qiang was extremely disgusted with the other party's invitation to dinner, and he was 200% sure that it was all pretentious. However, it was clear that they must have something to say, no matter what kind of scheme they were brewing or what kind of trap they had set. Now was not the time to retreat, and he would face whatever came head-on.

  "Hey Zheng Shuai, sorry to call you at this time, it's an emergency."

  "Do you have any acquaintances in the security department?"

  "Uh, I'll go now and talk about it when I get back."

  Five minutes later, Lin Qiang arrived at the daily monitoring room of the Security Department on the fourth floor of the Beijing Branch.

  "Shh..." The uncle in the monitoring room saw Lin Qiang coming and quickly made a gesture to keep quiet, closing the door tightly before whispering, "Zheng Shuai has already told me, let's hurry up."

  "Thank you, Master Lu..." Lin Qiang politely nodded and then walked over to the monitor.

  "Here, I can only adjust the recording for on-site viewing. If you really want to use it, you need to submit a written application, understand?" said duty officer Lu Shifu.

  "Of course, I'm good at this." Lin Qiang said straightforwardly, "Trouble Master Xie to adjust the surveillance of the Financial Street branch, the backstage work area, near the president's office, around 2 pm on August 7th, around 11 am on August 11th, and also from July 22nd to 24th."

  "Not difficult, just wait a moment." Lu Shifu skillfully manipulated the database system and smiled, "Many people come to check the monitor, but it's hard to find someone who remembers as clearly as you do."

  "Haha, can't be helped, it's urgent." Lin Qiang shook his head, "Those people want to wipe out the things that happened under the bright sky."

  "Hey, this thing is not uncommon." Master Lu also shook his head, "However, sometimes you can't be too trusting of surveillance."

  "What the eyes see may not necessarily be true, let alone there are many things that can't be seen."

  He then pulled out the recording of August 7th. Since it wasn't long ago, Lin Qiang remembered very clearly that this was the first time Qian asked himself why he didn't approve the loan.

  "There is no camera in the office, can only go to the corridor."

  "Uh-huh."

  Two people stared at the monitor and soon found the time point of the incident. Lin Qiang was in the corridor, holding a thick stack of materials into Qian Cai's office.

  A few minutes later, Lin Qiang came out with these materials again, looking slightly dissatisfied, and left.

  "Can you make some noise?" Lin Qiang asked.

  "There's no surveillance in the corridor, only at the counter. " Master Lu shook his head and asked, "Did you have a fight with someone?"

  "Right." Lin Qiang frowned and said, "This surveillance video can prove that there was a conflict between us, but it cannot prove the respective positions of both parties. Let's take a look at No. 11's instead."

  "Uh-huh."

  After adjustment by Lu Shifu, the video was presented on August 11th.

  This time things changed, Qian Cai rushed out of the office, storming down the corridor.

  "Get out of the staff office." Lin Qiang said hastily.

  In the office area, Qiancai ran directly to Linqiang's workstation and started saying something while tapping on the desk. In the picture, Linqiang took out one piece of material after another, arguing with reason and strength.

  "Pause, can you enlarge it?" Lin Qiang asked.

  "It's okay, this is a recently replaced camera, the same as the one for traffic, it can clearly see the level of the license plate number." Lu Shifu smiled and enlarged the screen, aiming at the material in Lin Qiang's hand.

  Lin Qiang stared at the screen, letting Lu Shifu advance frame by frame.

  Finally, there was a relatively clear frame, and the words "Xinda" could be vaguely seen on the financial statement in Lin Qiang's hand.

  "Good, just a little more." Lin Qiang patted Lu Shifu's shoulder. "Master is indeed formidable, let's continue."

  "It's all simple, once you learn it." Lu Shifu returned to his normal size, continuing to watch the video as he spoke, "Although that's the case, it still doesn't prove what you said, does it?"

  "There is still some convincing power." Lin Qiang pointed to the screen and said, "At least I was pointing at that company's financial report with a rather excited expression, apparently expressing some dissatisfaction."

  "But doesn't it also work the other way around?"

  "Hmm... That's also possible." Lin Qiang furrowed his brow and said, "It can also be said that I need to convince the other party that this report is no problem."

  "Haha, that's why even with eyes, one can't see through the truth." Lu Shifu nodded with a smile, "The same scene, from different perspectives, is two different interpretations."

  "...Lin Qiang suddenly felt that this Teacher Fu was unfathomable from the moment he entered the door, and asked respectfully, "What did you used to do?"

  "Heh heh, before retiring, I used to specialize in analyzing these videos." Lu Shifu said with a smile, "Later on, I got tired of it and simply came over here to take shifts instead."

  "Our Great Union Bank is hiding dragons and sleeping tigers..." Lin Qiang sighed, thinking that this Master must have some insight, so he told him all about the situation and sought his opinion.

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  "Hmm..." Master Lu heard everything and stroked his chin, shaking his head. "The surveillance in the backstage work area has no sound, it's futile to adjust the surveillance like this, the other party can turn it around and say something else."

  Lin Qiang clenched his fist in anger: "Damn it, not even this move is useful... Lu Shifu, is there any way to find the voice recording at that time, or phone call recordings? The Security Department should have such materials, right?"

  "Haha, you overestimate me, I'm just in charge of shift work in the monitoring room, internal control documents for communication should be handled by the Comprehensive Management Department."

  "Hmm... I'll think of another way then." Lin Qiang shook his head helplessly.

  "However, in my experience, these tapes are not entirely worthless." Lu Shifu changed the subject and pointed at the screen, "Look, in the office area, you were arguing with him so fiercely, didn't the people nearby hear it?"

  Lin Qiang stared at the screen, and it was only then that he reacted.

  He was blinded by anger and too obsessed with material evidence. In the video footage, when he was arguing with Qian Cai, there were two people at a nearby workstation who kept glancing over at him.

  "That's right, these two people must have heard it!" Lin Qiang pointed at the two people on the screen and said, "Not just them, many people know about this matter."

  "So, in a lawsuit, you need both human evidence and physical evidence to make a conclusive judgment."

  "Thank you, Master Lu! I'll hurry up and go." Lin Qiang stood up and thanked him.

  "Hehe, no need to mention it." Master Lu casually waved his hand, "Next time you come over, be sure to bring Zheng Shuai along and have a cup of tea with me."

  "Definitely."

  After bidding farewell to Lu Shifu, Lin Qiang quickly dialed a phone number, which belonged to the colleague sitting not far from him at his workstation in the video.